World Vision, Waggener Edstrom Team Up to Distribute Backpacks to Needy Kids

World Vision partnered up with Waggener Edstrom World Wide to assemble and distribute over 130 backpacks filled with school supplies – 40 of which went directly to the families who lost everything in the apartment fire in Burien Jan. 28 (read more about that here).

The other backpacks were distributed to teachers who came to shop at the teacher resource center at Salmon Creek.

Here are photos of the generous donations (click images to see larger versions):

Steve Scranton, Corporate Development Director, distributes a backpack to a teacher from Cedarhurst Elementary.

Steve Scranton and two employees from Waggener Edstrom distribute backpacks to Carmen, the family Liaison working with the families affected by the Jan. 28 fire.

And don’t forget – our ‘Up from the Ashes” Fundraiser for the Burien fire victims is this Saturday night (Feb. 16) starting at 8 p.m. at Bison Creek Pizza, featuring live music from King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg and his band, Lark vs Owl, silent auction, raffle and much more!